| Country: | Queensland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 16 July 2016 |
| Candidate1: | David Janetzki |
| Party1: | Liberal National Party of Queensland |
| Popular Vote1: | 13,005 |
| Percentage1: | 46.37% |
| Swing1: | 8.96pp |
| Candidate2: | Di Thorley |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,827 |
| Percentage2: | 35.04% |
| Swing2: | 35.04pp |
| 1Blank: | TPP |
| 2Blank: | TPP swing |
| 1Data1: | 55.59% |
| 2Data1: | 10.07pp |
| 1Data2: | 44.41% |
| 2Data2: | 44.1pp |
| MP | |
| Before Election: | John McVeigh |
| Before Party: | Liberal National Party of Queensland |
| After Election: | David Janetzki |
| After Party: | Liberal National Party of Queensland |
A by-election was conducted for the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Toowoomba South on 16 July 2016, following the 29 April resignation of LNP MP John McVeigh. McVeigh resigned after he was preselected as the LNP candidate for the federal division of Groom at the 2016 federal election.[1]
The six candidates in ballot paper order are as follows:
| Candidate nominations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Background | |||
| Katter's Australian Party | Ken Elliott | Teacher.[2] | |||
| Liberal National Party | David Janetzki | Corporate lawyer and head of banking at Heritage Bank.[3] | |||
| Independent | Di Thorley | Former nurse and city councillor, mayor of Toowoomba from 2000 to 2007.[4] | |||
| Independent | Rob Berry | Real estate agent and former business development bank manager.[5] | |||
| Family First Party | Alexandra Todd | Designer with a degree in architecture. Candidate for Groom at the 2013 federal election.[6] | |||
| Queensland Greens | Ken Gover | Dentist. Contested Toowoomba North at the 2015 Queensland state election.[7] | |||